U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following
statement after President Trump announced his decision to impose up to
30 percent tariffs on imported solar panels and modules that will
jeopardize tens of thousands of American solar jobs:

Imposing these tariffs isn't going to create a single
manufacturing job and instead harms hundreds of locally-owned companies,
jeopardizes tens of thousands of workers, and stifles billions of
dollars in investment in communities in New Mexico and across the
country. Solar jobs are exactly the types of jobs that we should be
encouraging if we are promoting a trade policy that puts American
workers first. President Trump proved once again that he has no interest
in creating opportunities to grow our economy.

Last year, Senator Heinrich testified before both the U.S.
International Trade Commissionand U.S. Trade Representative and led a
bipartisan letter with Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) urging the ITC to
not impose tariffs that would negatively affect the American solar
industry.